Capsule-holder.



B. T. WINCHESTER.

CAPSULE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.28, 1908.

1,092,31 8. Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

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STATES PATENT ori.

BENJAMIN THOMAS WINCHESTER, OF WINDSOR HILLS, MARYLAND, ASSIG-NOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO SHARP AND DOHME, 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A

CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CAPSULE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. '7, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN Trrouns Vvnvornisrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vindsor Hills, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have 1nvented a new and useful Capsule-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the packing of capsules; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to pack capsules systematically; second, the handling of capsules in multiple form; and third, the protection of capsules from injury. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the holder; Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the holder taken through the line A B of Fig. 1 and shows one capsule in position; Fig. 8, is a plan view of the containing box showing two holders located therein on edge; Fig. A, is a view in elevation of the containing box; and Fig. 5, is a view taken through line C D of Fig. 4.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

1 is the holder, in which are openings 2.

3 is the female part of a capsule, and 4; is the male part of a capsule.

5 is the containing box, having in the ends thereof grooved pieces 6 which are provided with grooves 7, in which slide holders 1.

8 is the top of containing box 5.

9 is the bottom of containing box 5.

10 are indentations caused by the holder being stamped thus tending to form clencher edges at the upper ends of the openings 2.

The holder is made of papier-mach, cardboard, wood or other suitable material,

and the openings 2 are slightly smaller in diameter than the capsules which they are to receive so there will be a neat fit for the capsules and it is desirable that said openings be further contracted after the capsule has been placed therein by having the holder stamped or pressed between the openings, as shown at 10 the effect of which is to form a burred edge, 11, around the upper end of said opening, 2. The grooved end pieces 6 may be of metal or wood. The containing box may be of any suitable material such as paper, metal or wood; but preferably the grooved pieces 6 are made of sheet metal while the containing box 5 is made of paste board.

The capsules are usually flexible and give when put into the holder.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A capsule holder consisting of a material with a plurality of openings therein to receive capsules, said openings being smaller at one end than the other and the edges of which openings at one end are burred.

2. A portable capsule holder consisting of a substance relatively rigid with a series of openings therein for the reception of a capsule one end of each of said openings being smaller than the other end thereof and the edges of the smaller ends of the said openings being burred to engage and retain the capsules.

BENJAMIN THOMAS WINCHESTER.

Witnesses RAYMOND H. \Vrrrrrxo, SAML. M. FRIEDMANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1). G. 

